PBDB Collection

Bertie (Silurian of the United States)

Also known as Bertie Fm., Erie Co.

Where: Erie County, New York (42.9° N, 78.8° W: paleocoordinates 30.4° S, 40.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Fiddlers Green Formation (Bertie Group), Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)

• PJW: Was "Bertie Formation." This is certainly Fiddlers Green Formation, but I am not sure which member.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: peritidal; dolomite

• "dolo and dolomitic ls. laminated, some salt hoppers. peritidal BA1"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. L. Alling and L. I. Briggs. 1961. Stratigraphy of Upper Silurian Cayugan Evaporites. AAPG Bulletin 45(4):515-547 [M. Uhen/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 491: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 17.12.1998, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

• "E.J. Buehler and I.H. Tesmer, 1963. Geology of Erie Co. NY. Buffalo Soc. of Nat. Sci. Bull. 21(3). 118p. Alling and Briggs, 1961"

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unclassified
-	Bertiella obesa, Calithamnopsis silurica Bertiella obesa Calithamnopsis silurica
Morania
-	? Morania bertiensis ? Morania bertiensis Note: this is the algae, not the gastropod
Ulvophyceae
Bryopsidales -	"Inocaulis lesquereuxi n. sp." = Inocladus lesquereuxi "Inocaulis lesquereuxi n. sp." = Inocladus lesquereuxi Grote and Pitt 1876
Chlorophyceae
Dasycladales - Seletonellaceae	Medusaegraptus graminiformis Medusaegraptus graminiformis
Edrioasteroidea
- Pyrgocystidae	Pyrgocystis batheri Pyrgocystis batheri originally entered as "Pyrgocystites sp."
Pterobranchia
-	Ascograptus sp. Ascograptus sp. graptolite
Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae	Orthograptus sp. Orthograptus sp. Lapworth 1873 graptolite
Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae	Climacograptus ultimus Climacograptus ultimus climacograptid
Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae	Palaeodictyota buffaloensis Palaeodictyota buffaloensis graptolite originally entered as "Paleodictyota sp."
Polychaeta
Sabellida - Serpulidae	Spirorbis sp. Spirorbis sp. Daudin 1800
Cuniculepadida - Lepidocoleidae	Lepidocoleus reinhardi Lepidocoleus reinhardi scale worm
Serpulimorpha -	Serpulites sp. Serpulites sp.
Cephalopoda
Orthocerida - Dawsonoceratidae	Dawsonoceras oconnellae Dawsonoceras oconnellae
Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae	Orthoceras sp. Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
Oncocerida - Brevicoceratidae	Mitroceras gebhardi Mitroceras gebhardi
Oncocerida -	Gomphoceras ruedemanni Gomphoceras ruedemanni
Discosorida - Phragmoceratidae	Pristeroceras timidum, Phragmoceras sp. Pristeroceras timidum Phragmoceras sp. Broderip 1839
Nautilida - Rutoceratidae	Trochoceras cf. anderdonense Trochoceras cf. anderdonense nautiloid
Gastropoda
Euomphalina - Platyceratidae	"Diaphorostoma sp." = Platyostoma "Diaphorostoma sp." = Platyostoma Conrad 1842 snail
Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae	"Loxonema bertiensis" = Loxonema bertiense "Loxonema bertiensis" = Loxonema bertiense Ruedemann 1925 snail
Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae	"Hormotoma gregaria" = Mesocoelia gregaria "Hormotoma gregaria" = Mesocoelia gregaria Ruedemann 1916 snail
Bivalvia
Nuculanida - Cucullellidae	"Cleidophorus salinensis" = Nuculites "Cleidophorus salinensis" = Nuculites clam
Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae	Rhytimya sp. Rhytimya sp. Ulrich 1893 clam
Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae	Goniophora sp., Modiolopsis dubius Goniophora sp. Phillips 1848 clam Modiolopsis dubius clam
Cyrtodontida - Antipleuridae	"Hercynella" buffaloensis "Hercynella" buffaloensis clam 2 species
Lingulata
Lingulida - Discinidae	Orbiculoidea cf. numulus Orbiculoidea cf. numulus
Lingulida - Lingulidae	Lingula semina, Lingula subtrigona Lingula semina 2 species Lingula subtrigona
Rhynchonellata
Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae	Camarotoechia cf. andrewsi Camarotoechia cf. andrewsi
Spiriferida - Delthyrididae	Howellella eriensis, Delthyris sp. Howellella eriensis Delthyris sp. Dalman 1828
Spiriferida - Reticulariidae	Reticularia (Prosserella) modestoidea Reticularia (Prosserella) modestoidea
Athyridida - Meristellidae	Whitfieldella sulcata Whitfieldella sulcata
Strophomenata
Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae	Schuchertella sp. Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
Stenolaemata
Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae	Stigmatella sp. Stigmatella sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1906
Cyclostomata - Reptariidae	Reptaria sp., Hernodia sp. Reptaria sp. Rolle 1851 Hernodia sp. Hall 1883
Cyclostomata - Hederellidae	Hederella cf. canadensis Hederella cf. canadensis Nicholson 1887 was Hedellara sp.

Euchelicerata -	Pseudoniscus clarkei, Pseudoniscus osborni, Pseudoniscus roosevelti, Bunaia woodwardi Pseudoniscus clarkei Pseudoniscus osborni Pseudoniscus roosevelti Bunaia woodwardi
Arachnida
Scorpiones - Proscorpiidae	Proscorpius osborni Proscorpius osborni Whitfield 1885 scorpion
Euchelicerata
Eurypterida - Rhenopteridae	? Brachyopterus testudineus ? Brachyopterus testudineus eurypterid originally entered as "Brachiopterus sp."
Eurypterida - Dolichopteridae	Dolichopterus macrocheirus, Dolichopterus siluriceps, Dolichopterus herkimerensis, Dolichopterus jewetti Dolichopterus macrocheirus eurypterid Dolichopterus siluriceps eurypterid Dolichopterus herkimerensis Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering 1956 eurypterid 2 species Dolichopterus jewetti Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering 1956 eurypterid
Eurypterida - Strobilopteridae	Buffalopterus sp. Buffalopterus sp. eurypterid
Eurypterida - Erieopteridae	Erieopterus pustulosus Erieopterus pustulosus eurypterid
Eurypterida - Eurypteridae	Eurypterus remipes Eurypterus remipes DeKay 1825 eurypterid Eurypterus remipes lacustris, Eurypterus remipes remipes
Eurypterida - Carcinosomatidae	Carcinosoma scorpionis Carcinosoma scorpionis eurypterid
Eurypterida - Hughmilleriidae	Hughmilleria trigona Hughmilleria trigona eurypterid
Eurypterida - Pterygotidae	Erettopterus sp., Pterygotus grandis, Pterygotus juvenis, "Pterygotus macrophthalmus" = Acutiramus macrophthalmus, "Pterygotus cummingsi" = Acutiramus cummingsi Erettopterus sp. eurypterid originally entered as "Ereltopterus sp." Pterygotus grandis eurypterid Pterygotus juvenis eurypterid "Pterygotus macrophthalmus" = Acutiramus macrophthalmus Hall 1859 eurypterid "Pterygotus cummingsi" = Acutiramus cummingsi Grote and Pitt 1875 eurypterid 2 species
Synziphosurina - Bunodidae	"Limuloides ? eriensis" = Limuloides, "Hemiaspis sp." = Limuloides "Limuloides ? eriensis" = Limuloides originally entered as "? Limuloides sp." "Hemiaspis sp." = Limuloides Woodward 1865
Ostracoda
Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae	Leperditia alta, Leperditia scalaris Leperditia alta ostracod Leperditia scalaris ostracod
Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae	Zygobeyrichia cf. regina Zygobeyrichia cf. regina ostracod
Platycopida - Kloedenellidae	Eukloedenella umbilicata, Eukloedenella sp. Eukloedenella umbilicata ostracod Eukloedenella sp. ostracod
Malacostraca
Archaeostraca -	Emmelezoe minuta Emmelezoe minuta
Archaeostraca - Ceratiocarididae	Ceratiocaris aculeatus, Ceratiocaris maccoyana Ceratiocaris aculeatus 2 species Ceratiocaris maccoyana
Scyphozoa
Conulariida - Conulariidae	Metaconularia perglabra Metaconularia perglabra jellyfish
Anthozoa
Auloporida - Aulocystidae	Aulocystis sp. Aulocystis sp. Schlüter 1885 tabulate coral
Auloporida - Auloporidae	? Ceratopora sp. ? Ceratopora sp. Grabau 1899 tabulate coral originally entered as "Ceratopora sp."
Stromatoporoidea
Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae	Stromatopora constellata Stromatopora constellata stromatoporoid sponge